International Workshop on Local Governance: Second annual proceedings : held in Metro Manila, the Philippines, July 1995

by Robert Hine Wilson

This book is the second in a series that summarizes the proceedings of the International Workshop on Local Government. The workshop is designed to explore the potential for international collaboration in the promotion of good local governance. Meeting in the Philippines during the summer of 1995, representatives from eleven countries identified problem-solving approaches to the development and implementation of democratic governance and explored their transferability to other settings. Their papers and discussions reveal the range of approaches that are being used today by different countries to develop effective local governance. The first section of the book focuses on questions of community participation and governance, discussing what motivates and impedes participation, how it can be sustained over time, and what mechanisms are available to institutionalize participation. The second section presents a discussion of the relationship between public finance and governance, focusing on the importance of access to budget and finance information in order to enable effective citizen participation. The third section provides some regional perspectives on local governance issues. This section provides local government profiles of those countries attending for the first time and other country-specific papers on various topics. Countries represented include Bangladesh, Brazil, People's Republic of China, India, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Senegal, South Africa, and the United States of America.

278 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996